In a spine-chilling incident, militants spared the life of a woman but chopped off her ears, nose and tongue after abducting her last week from Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said in Srinagar today.

Militants kidnapped Mariam Begum from her house in Manoh village in Doda district of Jammu region on July 4 and let heroff last night but only after cutting off her ears, nose and tongue, the spokesman said.